1 John 4:19 - 5:4 / Luke 4:14-22
Quite a number of us gathered here attend Mass almost daily. We attend Mass daily because it has become a spiritual staple diet for us.
So we come to Mass to listen to the Word of God and to receive Him in Holy Communion.
Also we experience the strength to live out of faith and we also find peace from the noisy world.
The Mass is indeed a celebration of love - God's love for us and we can only respond with love and to live lives of love.
So it goes without saying that if we come for daily Mass, then we ought to be more loving and to grow more and more in love for God and for others.
Yet, if that is not the case then we need to do some serious reflection and examination of our spiritual lives.
And even as I say this, I also need to check myself. I celebrate Mass daily. Am I growing to be more loving and forgiving, patient and kind, faithful to the truth and persevering in faith and hope?
As the 1st reading puts it, anyone who says "I love God" and hates his brother is a liar, since a man who does not love the brother he can see cannot love God, whom he has never seen.
So let us pray that at every Mass we will be filled with God's love and be filled with the Spirit so that we will proclaim God's love in our lives.
May it begin with today and may it be fulfilled today even as we listen.